It's not even a short-term fix (unless by "fix" you mean flashier passing stats that don't translate into more wins). Dude is on his last leg, and will be out of the league in a year or two. Meanwhile we'll be giving up on the first QB to take us to the playoffs in six years, and who is young and developing mind you. Seriously, this is the kind of move only short-sighted football execs make, and that type never succeeds long-term.

can't believe we have clowns on here that think signing Manning would be a good thing for a team that only recently accepted the fact that they needed to rebuild via the draft to fill positional holes all over the roster and to add much needed depth.

I just love the way FOUR SURGERIES ON A NECK are blown off...each surgery reducing mobility in the upper body area. Who needs to throw! Clearly reputation wins super bowls now.

Peyton (turns to center to call signals)

Lock...KLICKKKKK....

Been in ONE SYSTEM his whole career, almost unheard of. Stable Colts organization with coaching staff.

On the Joe Montana stuff, I love the revisionist history. The Chief players at the time were pissed so much attention was given to Joe...that was the year they switched NarrowHead to grass so the old man could land softly. They got to the championship game with ol' Joe (of course, they made the playoffs the previous year but the media conveniently forgets this too). Last time I checked, he was knocked out at the 50 yard line. Do-de-do.

And those of you worried about a mobile qb...just imagine the fun of seeing Peyton avoid a rush! Ichabod Crane never looked so sexy.

you can't draft everybody you need to be a SB contender in a single draft. we can't. we're not close. so if Manning signs, it's predicated on us signing alot of FAs as well. if he comes here, he will want to win immediately. not only do you pay him a ton of money, but you pay others a ton of money and you make trades that end up costing you draft picks. you can't do both. as long as Manning is desperate to get back to a SB in 2 or 3 years here, we're not building through the draft. we're filling holes with free agents and trades just like Shanny tried to do for 10 years. it didn't work then, why would it work now?

It didn't work because we drafted POOR. We don't have to trade draft picks period lol. We can sign Manning, hit on one or two draft picks and become a better team. Pretty simple. We can not sign Manning and hit on picks and still get better. How is that you ask? Because we are still adding more talent!

manning himself, no.
but manning comes with conditions. one of those conditions is that you start adding players now so that he can get back to the SB ASAP. that means a bunch of other FA signings and trades that cost draft picks. Bowlen is not made of money either. so yes, it very much does affect your drafts.

Tebow was drafted and is our current starter, so yes it actually does. If we sign Manning, Tebow is done in Denver. And people who think we are going to develop Tebow, playing behind his polar opposite in style mind (who plays in his own custom offense by the way), are clueless idiots...

manning himself, no.
but manning comes with conditions. one of those conditions is that you start adding players now so that he can get back to the SB ASAP. that means a bunch of other FA signings and trades that cost draft picks. Bowlen is not made of money either. so yes, it very much does affect your drafts.

It didn't work because we drafted POOR. We don't have to trade draft picks period lol. We can sign Manning, hit on one or two draft picks and become a better team. Pretty simple. We can not sign Manning and hit on picks and still get better. How is that you ask? Because we are still adding more talent!

It seems to me you think we are years away from being good, I don't.

we are years away. don't you recall that report on our roster posted here several weeks ago? we are lacking several true NFL caliber starters and missing a ton of depth. wishful thinking doesn't fix those problems. time does. i agree that poor drafting makes everything much worse, but how many 1st and 2nd round picks do we have in the next 3 years? 6 unless we got some from another team that i'm not aware of (i don't follow the draft that closely). so it'll be 3 years just to fill those starting positions if everything goes perfectly. once you start trading your picks, you make things harder on yourself.

Tebow was drafted and is our current starter, so yes it actually does. If we sign Manning, Tebow is done in Denver. And people who think we are going to develop Tebow, playing behind his polar opposite in style (who plays in his own custom offense by the way), are clueless idiots...

If you think that Tebow would need to be traded because of Manning it helps our rebuilding process. You know cause we are getting more draft picks for trading Tebow. Hell Manning and a extra first for your boy Tebow really improves this team.

we are years away. don't you recall that report on our roster posted here several weeks ago? we are lacking several true NFL caliber starters and missing a ton of depth. wishful thinking doesn't fix those problems. time does. i agree that poor drafting makes everything much worse, but how many 1st and 2nd round picks do we have in the next 3 years? 6 unless we got some from another team that i'm not aware of (i don't follow the draft that closely). so it'll be 3 years just to fill those starting positions if everything goes perfectly. once you start trading your picks, you make things harder on yourself.

We don't have to trade picks cause of Manning. That is something you are just making up. Like I said if anything we get more draft picks because we will be trading Tebow since you guys don't think we can keep both QBs for some crazy ass reason.